Crayola crayon color

Crayola Salmon #FF9BAA

Crayola Salmon is shown here as #FF9BAA, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a light soft pink in the pink family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.796, chroma 0.120 and hue 10.5°. The nearest CSS named color is lightpink (#FFB6C1), ΔE2000 6.5 away.

Relative luminance
0.4760
OKLCH L · C · h
0.796 · 0.120 · 10.5
Best text
Black 10.52:1
Hue family
Pink
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#FF9BAA color codes

HEX
#FF9BAA
RGB
rgb(255, 155, 170)
HSL
hsl(351, 100%, 80%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.796 0.120 10.5)
OKLab
oklab(0.796 0.118 0.022)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 74.58, a* 39.02, b* 8.26
XYZ (D65)
X 60.22, Y 47.61, Z 44.04
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 39%, 33%, 0%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Crayola is a trademark of Crayola LLC, which this site is not affiliated with. The value is the commonly published sRGB rendering of the crayon, not a Crayola specification.

Legibility

Contrast: is #FF9BAA accessible?

Black text on it reaches 10.52:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.99:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

  • Black text on it

    10.52:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +65

  • White text on it

    1.99:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −42

  • As text on black

    10.52:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −63

  • As text on white

    1.99:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +38

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #B65969 4.54:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.80 to 0.58 reaches 4.54:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #FF9BAA 10.52:1

    It already reaches 10.52:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FF9BAA live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #FF9BAA

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FF9BAA sits at step 300.

  1. 50#FFF1F3
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.12
  2. 100#FFE3E6
    White
    1.20
    Black
    17.38
  3. 200#FFC6CD
    White
    1.47
    Black
    14.21
  4. 300This color#FF9BAA
    White
    1.99
    Black
    10.52
  5. 400#E08190
    White
    2.72
    Black
    7.71
  6. 500#C36575
    White
    3.86
    Black
    5.43
  7. 600#A84D5E
    White
    5.40
    Black
    3.88
  8. 700#8C3748
    White
    7.62
    Black
    2.75
  9. 800#6D1F32
    White
    11.09
    Black
    1.89
  10. 900#4F081D
    White
    15.16
    Black
    1.38
  11. 950#31000D
    White
    18.47
    Black
    1.13

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #FF9BAA can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.120; #FF9BAA uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.156 there: 30% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.120
sRGB edge
0.120
Display P3 edge
0.156
Rec. 2020 edge
0.228
Dominant wavelength
Complementary 494 nm
Excitation purity
21%
Chromaticity
x 0.3965, y 0.3135
  • This color#FF9BAA
  • Most vivid in sRGB#FF9BAA
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.796 0.156 10.5)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #ff9baa;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.5853 0.6498); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FF9BAA

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

  • sRGB50%#FFCDD5
  • OKLab50%#FFCED4
  • OKLCH50%#FFCFD5

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#804E55
  • OKLab50%#63393F
  • OKLCH50%#63393F

Its complement #45D5CE

  • sRGB50%#A2B8BC
  • OKLab50%#BCBCBC
  • OKLCH50%#CEBE5D
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ff9baa, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ff9baa 50%, white);

In use

#FF9BAA in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:110.52:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.99:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.99:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.99:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #B65969 4.54:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:110.52:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:19.38:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:19.38:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:19.38:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FF9BAA looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 29.5; tritanopia changes it least, 2.3.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #ACACAA ΔE2000 25.0

    Distinct

    Reads as light gray

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #C5BFA8 ΔE2000 29.5

    Distinct

    Reads as light grayish amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #FF92A0 ΔE2000 2.3

    Close match

    Reads as light soft pink

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #B7B7B7 ΔE2000 23.8

    Distinct

    Reads as light gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #45D5CE. Their lightness contrast is only 1.10:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#FF9BAA · #45D5CE55.6Stays distinct
Protanopia#ACACAA · #C9CACE8.6Harder to tell apart
Deuteranopia#C5BFA8 · #B4BACF20.4Stays distinct
Tritanopia#FF92A0 · #00DBD260.0Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#B7B7B7 · #C1C1C12.6Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FF9BAA

Its complement is #45D5CE, a light soft cyan, on the cool side of the wheel.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

Open the Harmony Studio
  • Base#FF9BAA
  • Complement#45D5CE

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#F19DD4
  • Base#FF9BAA
  • +30°#FEA180

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FF9BAA
  • +120°#A2CC78
  • +240°#87C1FF

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FF9BAA
  • +150°#6FD4A2
  • +210°#50CEF2

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-crayola-salmon: #ff9baa;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-salmon': '#ff9baa',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-crayola-salmon: oklch(0.796 0.120 10.5);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-salmon": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [1, 0.6078, 0.6667],
        "hex": "#ff9baa"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Salmon"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaSalmon = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 0.608, blue: 0.667, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaSalmon = Color(0xFFFF9BAA)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Tools

Open #FF9BAA in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.